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Mr. Dawes represented the Berkshire District in the House
for eighteen years when he declined further service there.
He was then elected to the Senate where he remained eighteen
years longer, when he declined further service there. During
the last part of his last term he was troubled with a growing
deafness which I suppose had much to do with his declining
to enter upon the contest for another reelection. He was
regarded by the manufacturers of Massachusetts as their faithful
and powerful representative. He had several contests for
his seat in the Senate when his opponents thought they were
sure of success; but they found themselves left in the minority
when the vote came to be taken. They never fully comprehended
what defeated them. They would get the support of men who
were active in caucuses and nominating conventions and supposed
with excellent reason that they were safe. But there was
in every factory village in Massachusetts some man of influence
and ability and wealth, frequently a large employer of labor,
who had been in the habit of depending on Mr.


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